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Auction: 26004 - British and World Coins and Medals
Lot: 44

Mary and Philip (1554-1558), Shilling, Undated [1554], Tower (London), PHILIP • ET • MARIA • D • G • R • ANG • FR • NEAP • PR • HISP • busts vis-à-vis, crown dividing date above, rev. POSVIMVS • DEVM • ADIVTOREM • NOSTRVM • crowned and garnished oval shield, dividing X-II above, 6.00g [92.59grns], 7h, no m.m. (North 1967; S.2498), historic graffito in reverse fields and scuffs between portraits, otherwise attractively cabinet toned and on a neater round flan, the Marian visage deliberately rubbed by a Protestant iconoclast, the effigy of the 'Singed Spaniard' wholesomely bold, struck details better than fine thus

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From the Cabinet of a Distinguished Lady in Kent


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Estimate
£200 to £260

Starting price
£200